It’s election day. Voters have until 7 p.m. tonight to drop off ballots for the Colorado Springs election, and residents can watch preliminary tally results on the city’s Web site. Ballots can be dropped of at one of the following locations: The City Administration Building, 30 S. Nevada Ave. The Colorado Springs Senior Center, 1514… Continue Reading Ballot drop off deadline and election results online

RESTON, Va. (AP) — Sallie Mae said Monday that it will bring 2,000 jobs to the U.S. within the next 18 months as it shifts call center and other operations from overseas. The move is welcome news to the country’s jobless, whose numbers have climbed past 13 million. “The current economic environment has caused our… Continue Reading Sallie Mae adding 2,000 jobs in 18 months

Oil prices fell below $52 a barrel Friday, following a huge rally the previous day, as U.S. unemployment data showed the world’s largest economy is continuing to lose jobs. Benchmark crude for May delivery was down 86 cents to $51.78 a barrel by mid-afternoon in Europe in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.… Continue Reading Low demand forces drop in oil prices

Lenders are boosting their attempts to avoid home foreclosures, but fewer than half of loan modifications made at the end of last year actually reduced borrowers’ payments by more than 10 percent, data released Friday show.The report, based on an analysis of nearly 35 million loans worth more than $6 trillion, was published by the… Continue Reading Loan modification rise; homeowners see little relief

Forbes.com has ranked the Colorado Springs #10 on its top 10 “Best Place for Business and Careers” list, out of the country’s 200 largest metropolitan areas. The city ranked 25th in the “educational attainment” category, 11th for income growth potential and 28th for job growth projected. Raleigh, N.C., got first place honors, but Fort Collins… Continue Reading City gets “Top Ten” nod from Forbes

About 3,500 state residents will get refunds totaling $393,000 from title insurance companies and agents, according to the state’s Department of Regulatory Agencies. The refunds are the result of an audit of about 14,000 residential closings in 2007 and early 2008 that found “significant errors in the calculation of title insurance rates,” DORA said. As… Continue Reading Refunds due title insurance customers

World leaders pledged $1.1 trillion in loans and guarantees to struggling countries and agreed Thursday to crack down on tax havens and hedge funds – but failed to reach sweeping accord on more stimulus spending to attack the global economic decline. At the end of a highly anticipated one-day gathering, leaders of the Group of… Continue Reading Global leaders pledge $1.1 trillion

Peak Vista plans to use $1.3 million received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create new mobile health services.The grant will provide money for two years, and covers both the staff and operations of mobile health services, which will bring care to children in their neighborhoods. Peak Vista was the only community health… Continue Reading Peak Vista creates new services, staff positions

Once again local home values profiled favorably when compared to Denver or to other states, at least based on results of the latest Standard & Poor’s/Case-Schiller Home Prices Index survey. Denver saw a 5.1 percent decline in home values from January 2008 to January 2009, but the single-digit result paled in comparison to the other… Continue Reading Springs’ home values hold fairly steady